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Unread 02-05-2014, 09:48 AM   #1
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I went and looked at an L.C. Smith of a friends. 12 gauge 28'' extractor gun with FW serial number. It has been totally reblued badly. The bores looked ok and the barrels rang somewhat. Overall the gun just needed a good cleaning little bit of rust and grime. Anyways the first thing he says is he wants to cut the barrels down to 20'' and make a coach gun. I talked him out of it and now he wants to take it shooting. So at least one barrel saved from chopping block.
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Unread 02-05-2014, 12:27 PM   #2
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Good Work Eldon!!!!

Education is key to appreciation of these fine old doubles.
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I will never understand why people don't just go and buy a cheap Stoger coach gun.
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Who on earth would want to cut down a beautiful old double down to 20"???? Great if you are taking a wagon train through uncharted territory, but that was over 100 years ago
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Never understood it either but I always liked long barrels. He says his brother back east has a parker in the closet "but it is one of those damascus barrels so you can't shoot it". Trying to get him educated on damascus barrels too.
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Lots of misinformed people out there for sure.
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There can never be enough caution taken when bandits and highwaymen abound! Why just the other day we got word via telegram that injuns had attacked a couple of villages over the bluff. Sure is good to know that the boys out there have a good coach gun to keep em safe.

I want to apologize ahead of time for my incredibly insensitive use of the term "injuns". My wife has made me promise to undergo sensitivity re-education, not to mention switching my NFL affiliation from Washington to Baltimore.
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No apology necessary. "injuns" connotes the vernacular of a period in our nation's history, a colloquialism really, that we have no responsibility for nor that we should apologize for.
If we use the word malevolently, then we should be censored.
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Too bad somebody wasn't around to save this one. 19" now.

Looks mean, but still.....
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There oughta be a law
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